Seth Brown wins Tom Oakley Invite

Kirksville tennis has team season end, volleyball falls at Southern Boone

QUINCY, Ill. – Seth Brown continued his great season as he won the 39th Tom Oakley Invite by almost a full minute. Brown ran a time of 16:32. The second place finisher finished with a time of 17:26.

"In past races, I had problems running to the level of the competition. I knew I wanted to get out of that in the next couple races. I guess the easiest way to do that is just go from the start and hold onto the lead for as long as you can," said Brown.

As a team La Plata finished fourth with a score of 128. Mitchell Cox placed 25th at 19:37. Tanner Smith ran a 21:01, and placed 35th.

CENTERVILLE, Iowa. – Erica Wollmering placed fourth and Kobe Bird finished 18th to lead the Kirksville girls to a sixth place finish and the boys to a ninth place finish at the Centerville Invitational on Tuesday.

“We looked pretty good and really fresh after having nearly two weeks off, and that will help us as we run again on Thursday,” said Kirksville head coach Geoff Hutton.That meet will be in Hannibal.

High school tennis

Lady Tigers see team season end against MoberlyMOBERLY, Mo. – Two points possibly cost the Lady Tigers a chance to advance to the district title match as they fell 5-0 to Moberly on Tuesday.

Rachel Jones lost to Aleesa Wolf, 9-7 in a tiebreaker and Katie Kuttenkuler lost 7-5, also in a tiebreaker. If Kirksville had been able to pull out those two matches they would have been within 3-2.

At that point Emily Weichelt was beating Amanda Washam 7-6 and 7-5 in a tiebreaker. That match was suspended with Weichelt winning because the Lady Spartans had already clinched the match. If Weichlet had been allowed to finish and won her match, Kirksville and Moberly would have gone to doubles tied at 3-3. Instead the doubles matches were not played.Emily McCarter beat Allie Freeland and at No. 1, 6-3 and 6-2.

Amber Morris took care of Audrey Wichmann, 6-3 and 6-3.

The Lady Tigers team season is over. They will compete in the individual district tournament on Saturday in Marshall.

High school volleyball

Line-up shake-up doesn’t help KHS earn a winASHLAND, Mo. – Kirksville head coach Justin Quigley said there would be line-up changes and he stuck to his word. Sophomore Riley Lee led the Lady Tigers with four kills in her first varsity action of the season, however the Lady Eagles won the first set 25-12 and the second 25-14 to earn a 2-0 sweep over Kirksville.